top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at ETH Zürich

2025 single-year list · 545 listed authors · Switzerland

545 researchers at ETH Zürich ( Switzerland) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 325 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 20th of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 1st in Switzerland.

Listed authors
545
1st in Switzerland
In the global top 100,000
325
59.6% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#20
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#452
Siegrist, Michael

Top fields

  1. Physics & Astronomy8015%
  2. Information & Communication Technologies7213%
  3. Engineering7113%
  4. Chemistry5210%
  5. Earth & Environmental Sciences509%
  6. Biomedical Research499%
  7. Enabling & Strategic Technologies428%
  8. Clinical Medicine316%
  9. Biology275%
  10. Mathematics & Statistics224%

Top subfields

  1. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing397%
  2. Geochemistry & Geophysics316%
  3. Industrial Engineering & Automation255%
  4. Applied Physics204%
  5. Organic Chemistry193%
  6. Developmental Biology183%
  7. Chemical Physics173%
  8. Microbiology163%
  9. Ecology153%
  10. General Physics143%

545 listed scientists at ETH Zürich

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